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Should health insurance companies cover prayer as a legitimate medical expense? The Christian Science church is seeking to insert a measure in the Senate's health care legislation that would encourage private insurance companies to cover prayer...

A Christian Science church near the White House filed suit against the city accusing it of trammeling religious freedom by declaring the church a historic landmark and refusing to allow church leaders to tear it down.

A lawsuit against New York City is the latest volley in a yearlong battle between a Christian Science church on Park Avenue and its well-to-do neighbors, who do not want the church building rented out for social events.

April 15, 2006, Saturday

The answering machine at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, a century-old granite-clad landmark that towers over Central Park at West 96th Street, may sound oddly mercantile. ''We are no longer holding services,'' a female voice intones. ''If...